Duster-cover for brooms and brushes.



J. S. ATWATER.

DUSTER COVER FOR BROOMS AND BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1; 1912.

1,@86,775, Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN-S. ATWATER, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS,- ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD DUSTLESSDUSTER 00., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

DUSTEBRQOVER. roa Bacon's AND ianusnns.

Specification-o1 Letterllatent. Application filed May 1, 1912. SerialNo. 694,506.

Patented Au 27, 1912.

nection with the accompanying drawing, is.

a specification, like characters on the ,drawing representing likeparts. 7

This invent-ion has for its object the production of an improved dustercover for use in. connection with ordinary brooms and brushes, whereby adesirable device is provided for dusting floors, walls orceilings in aconvenientjellid. eificient manner.

The duster cover, in accordance withmy invention, is made preferablyaridrather loosel. woven textile fabric of a dust-absorbing c aracter inthe form of a bag,v to receive and inclose the broom or brush, the mouthof the bag being drawn closely around the handle, the .cover fabricbeing in practice treated with a suitable chemical compound which,assists in holding the dust particles in the fabric.

the free ends of the In order to prevent I broom straws from beingpushed through the lower end of the duster cover I have provided areinforce for the latter, herein shown as a lining of close-wovenmaterlal, such as cambric, which effectually prevents penetration of thecover fabric by the straws.

- The duster cover at its lower end is provided with a mo made up of abunch of coarse strands ocotton or other .suitable yarn, firmly attachedto the cover and extending from side to side of the cover across itsend; 7Such mop is very useful when the cover is utilized for rubbing uppolished or waxed floors, the strands of the mop providing a relativelylarge and soft mass of v fibrous material.

The various novel features of my invention will be full described in thesubjoine'd s ecification an particularly pointed out in t e followingclaims.

Figure l is a perspective view of a broom having a duster cover appliedto the head thereof and embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlargedcross sectional detailof the cover, takenon the. line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3is a perspective view of a portion of the mop and itsheading.

of suitable The duster cover .a is made as a bag of suitable dimenslonsto inclo-se the head of abroom or brush, as the case may be, the openmouth ,of the cover having a draw string (2, Fig. 1, by means. of whichit can be drawn closely around the handle 0, to thereby hold the coversecurely in place.

The cover is made of a suitable dust absorbing textile fabric,preferably rather loosely woven, such as cheese cloth or bunt- 1ng,andtreated chemically in any desired manner'to assist in retaining the'dustparticles in the fabric.

To form the be the piece of fabric is.

provided with a heading. d, which is a piece of stout fabric bent aroundthe top or end of the mo and tightly secured thereto by through anthrough stitching, as at 3. This construction compresses the head of themop and holds the strands securely in p ace.-

. The heading (1' is inserted between the inturned edges a of the cover,as shown in Fig. 2, and the parts are firmly united, by stitching at 4,below the heading and passing completely through the mo preferably by adouble line 0 stitching5 through the. edges a and the heading d.Manifestly this Work is performed when the cover is' turned inside out,and when completed the cover is turned so that the body of the mop isoutside the cover and extends from one to the other of its side edges,while the heading is within the cover and serves as a stop or abutmentfor the end of the yarns, andbroom straws tend to work through the covera if some means is not provided to prevent such action, and to that endI provide the lower end ofthe cover with a reinforce, conveniently madeas a lining of some closely'woven fabric which will resist penetrationby the straws.

The protective lining or reinforce may be cambric, as I have found itvery efficient,

and it is sewed to the cover before the mop shown at c, Fig. 2, at thelower or closed end of the cover, stitched'thereto at 6.

As will be seen by inspection of the drawing the reinforce isco-extensive with the edges a of the cover, and the stitching 4 and 5passes through the reinforce and secures the same in place at suchpoints.

The reinforce need extend but a relatively short distance up from theclosed end of the cover a, as its function is to prevent the free endsof the broom straws from sticking through the cover. 7

Should the straws protrude their sharp ends would tend to scrape orscratch the surface over which the dusteris passed, and in many caseswould injure it.

The improved duster cover embodies all of the desirable features of adust cloth and mop combined, as will be apparent, the mop enabling thedevice to beused with particul'ar efliciency when dusting cornices orother recessed portions of a wall or ceiling, which otherwise would beditlicult of access, and it is of great use in polishing floors orsweeping down walls.

In practice the mop will be treated chemically in the same way that thecover is treated. v

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a duster cover made of a soft textilefabric in bag form to inclose the head of a broom or brush,

and a mop attached to and extended across the closed lower end of thecover.

2. As an article of manufacture, a baglike cover of dust-absorbingtextile fabric adapted to inclose the head of a broom or brush, thetransverse edges of the cover at its lower end being inturned, a mophaving its head inserted bet-ween said inturned edges, and stitchingpermanently uniting the mop head and the inturned edges, the body of themop being exposed at the exterior of the closed end of the cover.

3. As an article of manufacture, a baglike cover of dust-absorbingtextile fabric adapted to inclose the head of a broom or brush, thetransversev edges of the cover at its lower end being inturned, anelongated mop having an. attached heading of flexible material, theheaded portion of the mop being inserted between the inturned edges ofthe cover, through and through stitching permanently uniting the saidedges and the mop and traversing the heading thereof, and a second lineof stitching passing through the inturned edges and the mop below theheading to permanently connect the parts thereat. p

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. .ATWATER.

Witnesses:

D. R. KINSLEY, A. B. SMITH.

